Boar hunting season opens

Boar hunting season opens

BENGKULU, Bengkulu: Governor Adjis Achmad officially sounded
the call to the hunt on Wednesday for dozens of marksmen from
Jakarta, saying that the wild boars they are after are the cause
of human poverty.

"Boars can impoverish rural people because they devour entire
village crops," Adjis Achmad said during a ceremony signaling the
departure for the hunt of 178 sharpshooters in a convoy of 112
cars.

The hunters are from the Association of Sharpshooters
(Perbakin Jaya) and the Trans Shooting Club, both of Jakarta, the
Antara news agency reported.

Heading the hunting trip is Bunawidjaja of Perbakin Jaya and
Lt. Col. Namin of the Trans Shooting Club.

The sharpshooters split into four groups for the hunting trip,
which will last until Dec. 6. One convoy went to Muko-Muko
district, one to Manna, a third to Seluma and another to Ketahun.
(emb)